e-cig batteries burn another guy

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bron...ticle-1.2903863

(graphic photo of burns in link)

excerpt of article

An off-duty Bronx EMT took an unexpected and unwanted ambulance ride when a pair of e-cigarette batteries exploded in his pants pocket.

Ricardo Jiminez, 24, suffered massive second-degree burns on his thigh and right hand last Friday after he felt a searing heat in his jeans pocket while driving through Manhattan to see his barber.

“I went to reach down to take the batteries out of my pocket and they just blew up,” the 24-year-old Jiminez told the Daily News. “There was smoke everywhere, like a fog in my car.

“(The batteries) were making little noises. Soon as that happened, I put my car in park, jumped out of the car, and a police officer saw me taking off my pants.”